Grain-measurer.



A. GOSPORD. GRAIN MEASUREB.. AEPLIUATION FILED sEPT.14, 1911.

1 1 14,233, Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

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ALEXANDER oosronn, or OAK LAKE, MANITOBA, CANADA. GRAIN-MEASURER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led September 14, 1911.

for opening and closing the bottom and Fig. 6 is aperspective View of the trip llever for releasing the member shown in Fig. 5.

In the drawings,

1,114,233. Patented ocaso, 1914.

serial ivo. 649,263. i

To @ZZ fio/0m t may concern.' t

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER Cosrono, a subject of the King of England, residing at Oak Lake, in the Province of Manitoba and Dominion ofV Canada, have invented acters of reference are employed to denote certain new and useful improvements in corresponding paits throughout the several Grain-Measurers, of which the following is views, the numei al 1 designates' the conve er a specification. chute having the discharge portion 2 and My invention relates to grain measuring having journaled in its upper end the shaft 55 apparatus, and has for its leading object the 3 for the sprockets 4 around which passes v provision of an improved apparatus adaptthe endless carrier 5,.said shaft 3 having ed to receive grain as discharged from an secured on one projecting endv thereof the endless conveyer and to hold said grain until sprocket 6. i a predetermined amount has been delivered Secured to the conveyor 1 are the bracket 7o by the conveyer and to then discharge said arms 7 yprojecting out ardly from the chute amount in a unitary quantity while autoand seiving to support the cylindrical measmatically shutting od the discharge from uring tank or chamber 8 having the dependthe conveyer until the measuring receptacle ing L-shaped plate 9 supporting the rollers 10 is again in condition to receive the said dison which rides the disk 11 forming the bottom 75 charge. of thexchambei 8 A shaft12 is rotatabl The further object of my'pinvention is the secured to the outer face of the chambei 8 provision of an improved means for openand has its los er end Journally extendin ing t-he bottom of the measuring receptacle through the bracket '13 and secured to the when the saidreceptacle has been filled and piojecting ear la of the disk 11, rotation of which means will be operated only when the the shaft 12 moving the diskto open the receptacle is filled with the desired quantity bottom ofthe chamber yand allow the same and will be unaffected by variation in the to discharge into the funnel shaped receivspeed of feeding of the grain or by difter- ,f ing member 15 which is supported by the ences in the weight, variety or size of the conveyer casing and is adapted to discharge various grains measured by myapparatus. into any suitable receptacle. i

Other objects and advantages of myim- Secured to the discharge` r end 2 ofk the proved grain measuring apparatus will be chute 1 is the rectangular bracket member 16 readily apparent by reference to the followl having a bearing 17 in which is rotatably ing deseriptiontaken in connection with the supported the shaft 18 havino at its outer 9o accompanying drawings and it will be end a sprocket 19 connected by the chain 20 understood that l may make any moditicawit tie 4sprocket 6.of the conveyei shaft, tions in the specific structure shown and said shaft 18 having on its other end the described within the scope of my claims miter ,gear 21 in mesh with the mitei Oieai without departing from or exceeding the 2 secured on the vertical shaft 23 which is y95 spirit of my invention. iotatably supported by and depends fiom .Figure 1 is a side elevation of the imthe bracket 16 and has its lon er end entendproved measuring device associated with a ing downward into the measuiin chamberS conveyer chute, Fig. 2 is an enlarged top Secured to the outer edge of the chamber 8 plan view of the measuring device, with the is the bearing 2lithrough ywhich projects the 100 mechanism thereof shown with the bot-tom uppei end of the shaft 12, while iotatabl closed, and sho-wing in dotted lines the inmounted on the p1 ojectinfr end of the shaft itial movement for opening the bottom, Fig. i 12 is a sprocket 25 connected by the sprocket 3 is a central vertical sectional view taken chains 2G with the sprocket 27 secured on through the upper portion of the measuring the shaft '23 to rotate with said shaft the io- 105" device, with the parts in the relation as,- tation of the sprocket 2r driving the sprocket sumed immediately prior to the opening of 25 Secured on the upper end of the shaft the bottom, Fig. 4 is a central vertical scc- `12 above the'sprocket 25 is the head portion tional view taken through the device, with 28 having the flanged upper rim 29 to the un-v the bottom shown in open position, Fig. 5 der side offwhich ispivoted on the pin 3() 110 the lever 31 having an lupwardly projecting terlocking the motive means and the means outer end Harige 32 and a depending. inner end flange 33. A spring 34 has one end secured to the iange rim 29 and bearing against the pin 40 which pro]ects from the leverl 31, this spring serving to throw -he downwardly projecting flange 33 outward andthe movement ot the lever as impelled by the spring being limited by the bearing et the shoulder 41 of the lever against the shaft 12. The sprocket 25 has proyectmg u pward there-trom a plurality out rollers which are adapted to engage the end 33 of the lever to cause the lever and thus the wheel or collar 23 and shaft 12 to rotate with the sprocket. To normally lock the lever and thus the shatt against rotation, l employ -the lever 43 which is pivoted at 44 to the bracket 1G and has the depending portion 45 extending downward-into the receptacles and terminating in an arm 4G disposed adjacent the shaft. rlhe shaft has secured thereon and disposed within the chamber 3 the sleeve 47 to which are pivoted the upper ends of the jointed levers 48 having their lower ends pivoted to the sleeve 49 which is slidably mounted on the sha-it and has its downward movement limited by the cotter 50 passing throughthe lower end of the shaft 23. Said sleeve 49 has secured to its periphery the tan like` member 51 having its vanes so inclined as to ride upward on the grain in the chamber S as the shaltt 23 is rotated by the gear 21. This rising ot the fan member 51 shoves the sleeve 49 upward against the sleeve 47 as the chamber is filled. .Said sleeve 47 has depending therethrough the reduced lower end 52 ot the pin 53 having its upper end adapted to bear against the arm 4G. As the sleeve 49 rises it shoves the pin 53 upward to strike the arm 46 and thus to rock the lever 43 against the tension of the spring 54 having one end secured to the bracket 16 and the other end secured to the lever. This outward swinging of the ,le ver 43 causes the same to release the end of the lever 31 and the spring 34 shifts the lever 31 into position where one of the rollers 42 engages the lever and Jforces the lever and thus the shaft 12 and botto-m 11 to rotate with the sprocket 25, the rotation of the bottom permitting the contents of the chamber to be discharged therefrom. The bottom will be given a complete.A rotation, when, the grain having fallen out and allowed the sleeve 49 to descend, the spring 34 will have thrown the lever 43 inward to cause the same to Contact with the lever 31 as the lever is brought around by the sprocket and this cont act will move the end of the lever out of engagement with the'roller 42. r1`hesprocket 25 will then loosely rotate on the shaft 12 while the lever 43 holds the lever 41 and thus the shaft 12 and the bottom 11 against movement until the block 49 is again raised to vstrike the'pin 53 and shift the lever 43.

To prevent grain from beingv discharged the otherend i trom the end 2 of the conveyer when the bottom or1 the measuring chamber is open, 1 hinge to the end 2 the door 54 Jforced into closed position by the spring 55 having one end secured within the eonveyer chute and the other end secured to the door or gate 54. Said door or gate 54- is normally -held open by the rod 5G which is pivoted to the door and extends through the guide 57 and terminates in a hooked end 58 resting against the upper face ot the ange 29. Said ange has a pin 59 projecting upward therefrom engaging the hook 53, the position of said parts being such that as soon as the shaft 12 begins to rotate the pin will move out of engagement with the end ot the rod to allow the spring to close the door, while as the bottom 11 of the chamber 3 is almost closed the pin 59 will engage the hooked end 5,8 and will draw on the rod to open the grain controlling door 54 as is clearly villustrated in the drawings.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of my improved automatic grain measuring apparatus will be readily apparent and it will be seen that l have provided an improved apparatus in which the lling ot the measuring chamber will serve to both automatically shut ott the flow into the said chamber and to operate means for causing the discharge of the contents of the chamber and also that the emptying of the chamber will again throw into operation means for causing the chamber to be again closed and thev filling chute opened to allow grain to again enter the chamber, all of said operations being automatic and occurring successively as the chamber is filled and emptied so long as the conveyer runs.

lt is consequently evident that I have provided an extremely satisfactory and elticient apparatus for measuring grain as the same is discharged trom a conveyer or carrier which will commend itself to all as highly desirable.

1 c aim:

1. The combination with a chute having a discharge end, of an endless carrier movable in the chute, a receptacle disposed beneath the discharge end of the chute, a removable bot-tom for the receptacle, a float rotatable in the receptacle to ride on the top of the grain when rotated, connections b'etween the carrier and the float for rotating the float as the carrier moves, and means operated by the rising of the float to a predetermined osition for shutting oit the flow ot grain and temporarily removing the bottom of the receptacle to therefrom.

2. The combination with a chute having a discharge portion, of an endless carrier movable in the chute, a receptacle disposed discharge the grain '1,114,233 beiovv the discharge portion of the chute, 8. An automatic grain measuring' device, a shaft around which the carrier passes,` a comprising a receptacle, means for ischargbracket secured to the chute, a shaft depending' from the bracket into the receptacle, connections between the carrier shaft and the depending shaft for driving the latter, a blocksecured on the shaft; a second block slidable on the shaft, jointed levers having their ends pivoted to the blocks to f Vshaft and actuated by the rising of the block for shutting oif the flow of grain fromthe dischargek portion of the chute and for causing the discharge of the grain from the receptacle.

mg grain into the receptacle, mechanism disposed Within the receptacle and yraised by the discharge of the grain into the receptacle, a rotatable bottom for the receptacle, a rotating sprocket, and means actuated by the rising of the mechanism'within the re'- ceptacle for connecting the sprocket to the bottom to cause the rotation of the bottom to discharge the grain from the receptacle.

In testimony whereof, 'I-aix my signa-k ture, in the presence of two Witnesses.

ALEXANDER oosFoRD.

WILLIAM COELMANE, EARLE G. THoMLINSoN.

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